Strip-delivering device.



' No. 893,477. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

0. H. GODDARD.

STRIP DELIVERING DEVICE. APPLIOATiON FILED DEG. 2a, 1907.

UNITED STATES CHARLES H. GODDARD, OF WINT I IROP, MASSACHUSETTS.

STRIP-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed December 28, 1907. Serial No. 408,336.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of IVinthrop, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Strip-Delivering Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for delivering, moistening and severing gummed strips for binding and other purposes and its object is to improve devices of this character in the manner hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification I have shown one embodiment of my improved strip-delivering apparatus for the purpose of more fully disclosing my invention; but it will be understood that many modifications may be made in said apparatus without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 is a view showing my strip-delivering apparatus partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33.

A represents a casing provided with a removab e cover plate A and supporting a roll of gummed paper B by means of the stud C which is provided with the thumb-screw C. By means of the thumb-screw C any desired tension may be put on the roll of paper so as to facilitate the severing of the strip when a length has been drawn past the moistening device.

D is a reservoir adapted to hold water and preferably secured to the base-plate which carries the roll-holder. The forward end of the reservoir is provided with a com artment F formed by the outer wall 0 the reservoir and an inner vertical plate D which isperforated to permit the access of the water in the reservoir to the compartment. A suitable moistening device is supported in said compartment by the springs K K and in.the present instance I have shown said moistening device as consisting of a ad I of absorbent material secured to the p ate H by means of the clips J J. The plate II is formed with a flange G which rests directly on the springs K K and which is limited in its upward movement by the' checks N N, as shown in Fig. 3.

'While any suitable cutter may be used for severing the strip, I prefer to employ a sawtoothedcutter, such as shown at L, having its'teeth slanting either to the right or left so that as the strip is drawn across the same in a direction opposite to the slant of the teeth, it may be more readily severed. The cutter preferably is adjustable, and-for this purpose I have shown the cutter L as secured to the arms L which are slotted at their inner ends and clamped to the walls of the reservoir by the thumb-screws M. The cutter should be so adjusted that its cutting edge is slightly lower than the upper edge of the moistening device and in close proximity to the inner side thereof. Any suitable means may be employed for guiding the strip 6 from the roll-holder to the moistening device. In the present instance the curved strips E secured tothe reservoir serve to guide the strip.

The operation is as follows: The user grasps the free end of the strip and draws it over the moistening device with a sufiicient downward pressure to slightly depress said moistening device and thereby insure the complete moistening of the gum on the under side of the strip, taking care however not to depress said device sufliciently to allow the strip to come in contact with the saw-teeth,

of the cutter. When the desired length of tape, paper, or the like has been drawn off the roll and-moistened, a sudden downward movement of the free end of the tape will further depress the moistening device and bring such tape in contact with the cutter, whereupon a sudden lateral movement of the tape across the cutter will sever the same at the juncture of the dry and moistened portions thereof, or a littlebehind said juncture. The moistening device will now resume its original position and the free end of the tape will rest on the cutter. The free end of the tape obviously will not be 'moistened, so that when the user desires'to draw off and moisten another length of tape, he is not obliged to handle the sticky end thereof as in the case of the strip-delivering devices of the prior art. This is a great advantage inasmuch as it has been'found that the chief objection made by users of strip-delivering devices is that it is bothinconvenient and unpleasant to have to handle the moistened and sticky free end of the gummed tape.

By means of the present invention I am enabled greatly to simplify the construction of devices for delivering gummed tape, e.tc., and to\ obviate the necessity for employing a device for automatically moving the free end of the paper away from the moistening device after the same is severed.

In the strip-delivering device described herein there is no movement at all of the free end of the paper away from the moistening device, said free end when severed merely dropping to, and being supported by, the cutter.

While I have shown herein an old form of tensioning device, namely, a thumb-screw coacting with the roll and roll-holder, it will be understood that I may employ any other suitable means for imparting to the strip the requisite tension.

I claim:

' 1. In combination, in a strip delivering device, a holder for a roll of paper, a spring supported moistening device and a cutter located between said holder and moistening device.

2. In combination, in a strip delivering device, a holder for a roll of paper, a spring supported moistening device and an adjust able cutter located between said holder and moistening device.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26th day of Dec.

CHARLES H. GODDARD. Witnesses:

WALTER W. PAIGE,

ALBERT AMMANN. 

